This Aug. 18, 2009 photo shows children accused of witchcraft waiting for food at the Children's Rights and Rehabilitation Network in Eket, Nigeria. The idea of witchcraft is hardly new, but it has taken on new life recently partly because of a rapid growth in evangelical Christianity. Campaigners a[Churches involved in torture, Murder of thousands of African children ... - Los Angeles Times]... Read More

But he said some of the most worrying crimes such as homes and business robberies, which can hurt business confidence, had risen.About 50 people are killed each day in South Africa, sometimes for as little as a cellphone, as outgunned police battle against what the government has called a "killing f[South Africa Curbs Murders Ahead Of 2010 World Cup - New York Times]... Read More

NEW DELHI, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Mission in Johannesburg has demanded a probe into the Murder of a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh, central India, who was attacked by unidentified assailants last week, reported local newspaper Indian Express on Thursday.
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"People were killed like flies," recalled one former illegal diamond dealer in Mutare who goes by the name Fat Man. "They came with choppers, ground force, commando, riot police. It’s now a no-go area. They rotate the military and the field is surrounded by road blocks. This district was thriv[Murders at Zimbabwe Diamond Mine Undercut Claims of Normalization - FOXNews]... Read More

A recording artist with a strong social conscience, Mr. Dube, 43, had worked with Peter Gabriel, Sinead O’Connor and other Western celebrities. He often sang about the evils of crime, of houses broken into and bullets fired, wanting criminals to see their misdeeds through the eyes of their vic[Guilty Verdicts for Trio in Reggae Musician’s Murder - New York Times]... Read More